Kermit Gosnell, the doctor who presided over a "house of horrors" abortion clinic in Philadelphia, was found guilty on three murder charges today, convicted of killing three babies after they were born alive in late-term abortions. Gosnell, 72, was now faces the death penalty.

A Philadelphia jury also found Gosnell guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 41-year-old female patient who died of a fatal cocktail of sedatives and painkillers while in his "care." He was acquitted on one first-degree murder charge in the death of a fetus. According to the New York Times, Gosnell was emotionless as the jury read their decision.

A staggering 200 counts, including rackateering, were filed in the gruesome case, with eight of Gosnell's staffers, none of whom were licensed doctors or nurses, pleading guilty to various crimes. The revelations of the two-month case were roundly horrifying, including tales of Gosnell allegedly murdering babies with scissors, using unsanitary medical instruments, and allowing cats to defecate at his Women's Medical Society, a place so grisly it had inspired more than 40 lawsuits prior to the criminal case.

Gosnell's case also ignited fiery debate, as pro-life advocates argued that abortionists have no respect for human life. Pro-choice groups, on the other hand, point out that the Gosnell case underscores the need for safe, regulated abortions, saying that crack-downs in states like Arkansas and North Dakota could send desperate women resorting to abortionists not unlike Gosnell.

"Justice was served to Kermit Gosnell today and he will pay the price for the atrocities he committed. We hope that the lessons of the trial do not fade with the verdict. Anti-choice politicians, and their unrelenting efforts to deny women access to safe and legal abortion care, will only drive more women to back-alley butchers like Kermit Gosnell," NARAL Pro-Choice America said in a statement.

Data says that Gosnell's decrepit clinic was an extreme, tragic outlier: According to The Guttmacher Institute, less than .3 percent of women who have abortions experience complications that result in hospitalization.

Prosecutors in the Gosnell case plan to seek the death penalty at his sentencing hearing on May 21.